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Record Group:	Cumberland County
Subgroup:	Court of Common Pleas
Series:	Affidavits and Estate Inventories of Revolutionary War Pension Applicants, 1820-1829
Accession #:	1990.084
Series #:	CCUCP005
Guide Date:	8/1993 (JH/JK)
Volume:	0.2 c.f. [20 files]; 1 reel [35-mm]

Content Note

This series consists of papers filed by twenty Cumberland County Revolutionary War veterans in relation to applications for federal pension under acts of Congress passed in 1818 and 1819. The files date from 1820-1829, and generally include two basic documents: 1) an affidavit providing details of military service, and 2) an itemized inventory of the applicant's real and personal property. Some affidavits also include references to the veteran's family members. The files are arranged alphabetically by name of applicant; places of residence are also noted in the contents list below.

Contents

Item No.	Description	Image
1..	Atkinson, Isaac, Maurice River Twp., 1820.
2.	Campbell, Robert, Maurice River Twp., 1820.
3.	Carter, James, Deerfield Twp., 1820.
4.	Corson, Abel, Bridgetown, 1820.
5.	Cullen, John, Maurice River Twp., 1820.
6.	Denight, James, Maurice River Twp., 1820.
7.	Fagan, Henry, Maurice River Twp., 1820.
8.	Fauver, Frederick, Deerfield Twp., 1823.
9.	Garrison, Matthias, Deerfield Twp., 1820-1823.
10.	Husted, John, Fairfield Twp., 1820.
11.	Husted, Reuben, Fairfield Twp., 1820-1823.
12.	Johnston, James, Roadstown, 1820-1823.
13.	Levick, Robert, Fairfield Twp., 1820.
14.	Loder, Zenas, Deerfield Twp., 1820-1823.
15.	Millson, James, Hopewell Twp., 1820.
16.	Murphy, Daniel, Greenwich Twp., 1820.
17.	Orr, Alexander, Downe Twp., 1820.
18.	Pearce, Adam, Fairfield Twp., 1820.
19.	Reeves, Joshua, Hopewell Twp., 1820-1829.
20.	Royall, John, Hopewell Twp., 1820.

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